Abbot (crater)
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Abbot is a small lunar
impact crater
that lies on the rugged ground between the Mare Fecunditatis
in the south and west, and the Mare Crisium
to the north. It is a circular crater with a cup-shaped interior. The inner walls slope downward to the mid-point, and no impacts of significant mark the interior or the rim.
Abbot is named after the American
astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot
. It was designated Apollonius K before being given its name by the IAU
. Apollonius
itself lies to the east of the crater Abbot.
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impact crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
that lies on the rugged ground between the Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis
Mare Fecunditatis is a lunar mare which is 840 km in diameter. The Fecuditatis basin formed in the Pre-Nectarian epoch, while the basin material surrounding the mare is of the...
in the south and west, and the Mare Crisium
Mare Crisium
Mare Crisium is a lunar mare located in the Moon's Crisium basin, just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. This basin is of the Pre-Imbrian period, 4.55 to 3.85 billion years ago. This mare is in diameter, and 176,000 km2 in area. It has a very flat floor, with a ring of wrinkled ridges...
to the north. It is a circular crater with a cup-shaped interior. The inner walls slope downward to the mid-point, and no impacts of significant mark the interior or the rim.
Abbot is named after the American
United States
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astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot
Charles Greeley Abbot
Charles Greeley Abbot was an American astrophysicist, astronomer and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was born in Wilton, New Hampshire.-Life:...
. It was designated Apollonius K before being given its name by the IAU
International Astronomical Union
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. Apollonius
Apollonius (crater)
Apollonius is a lunar crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies in the region of uplands to the west of Mare Undarum and northeast of the Sinus Successus on the Mare Fecunditatis...
itself lies to the east of the crater Abbot.